Pacific Rim should have been more fun.

Rating: 6/10 (18 July 2013)

I'll be honest. I was disappointed. I know what kind of film this is and I know what it's representing. That's why I'm excusing the cheese-ball-anime whatever dialogue.
But...I still didn't give the slightest damn for the main guy, or the supporting actress! You have to like the main characters for the film to be somewhat of a compelling experience, right?
It was just too simple; I read reviews saying it was 'more than just a Michael Bay flick' yadayadayada. We've already seen this movie before. I wanted something a little smarter, maybe something like what Raimi did for the horror genre. That's what I expected with how reddit, (and even some of the critics) blew it up.
The whole psych-connection robo mechanic was interesting, but couldn't they have gone a little further?
Some of the fights were exciting, and the visuals were certainly the best we might see, (for the time being) but the fights didn't bring anything new or outstanding.
I also wish Charlie Day's character wasn't presented as 'the smart-dumb guy'; I wanted to maybe see some what of a contrast from 'Always Sunny'! Ron Perlman was fun and all, but you know he was there for shits and gigs. An after thought character, as was Day's sidekick. They should have just stuck with Day and developed him more.
Oh well. I don't mind that people are enjoying themselves with this one, it's supposed to just be fun and entertaining. But even the fun with this one just doesn't size up to what has already happened this summer; In my opinion, "Into Darkness" has had the best sci-fi presentation so far, but we can still do better than that.